Line-casting machine.



P. T. DODGE. LINE CASTING MACHINE. APPLICATION PIBED JAN. 18 1912.

Patnted'Dec. 9, 1913.

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"of the United States to John tdTATES LHILIP DODGE. O33" W, VSH.IN'GT0N. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOB TO MERGEN- 'iIIiiLEB LINOTYIEE COMPANY, A GOBPORATION 1? HEX! YORK. I

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 9,1913.

Application filed January 18, 1912. serial. No. 571,853.

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Be it known that l, PHILIP T. Doncn, a

' which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to line casting machines ot the type shown in Letters Patent R. Rogers No. 859,618, wherein a number of matrix carrying magazines, each provided withits own series of escapements to control the discharge of the matrices, is movable upward and-downward so that any magazine may be brought into Operative relation to the distributer at the upper end and the assembling devices at the lower end. i

In the patented structure the-escapements of the operative magazine receive motion from fingenkeys through two series of reeds connected by intermediate levers, the upper series of; reeds being mounted on a movable support so that they can be retracted and disengaged from the escapements prior to the movement of the magazine.

The object of my invention is to do away with these intermediate parts and the operation of retracting and restoring the reeds, so that themagazines may be moved at any instant, and without any preparatory operations.

To this end it consists in reeds formed and mountedv in the main frame in such manner that when actuated they will engage and operate the escapements, and when released will fall back into position beyond the path of the escapements.

In the drawings: the figure is a Vertical section from front to rear, showing the series of magazines, the eseapements, the

throat into which the magazines delive'r matrices, and the escapement actuating reeds.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a part of the main frame, B the fixed throat or face-plate, divided asusual into vertical channels, to receive the matrices from the operative magazine. C, C, C represent the series of posed, channeled magazines, arrang. inclined position and supported so that they may be moved upward and downward in the manner described in the above-named patent, in order that any one of the magazines may have its lower or delivery end brought into operative relation with the throat B. The magazines are channeled longitudinally. as usual. to receive and guide the matrices D, and each magazine is provided with a series of escapement levers. E, one for each channel. These escapements are each pivoted at or near the middle, and provided at opposite ends with upwardly extending lips, which are projected alternately through the under side of the magazine to control the escape of the matrices in a manner well understood in the art. Each escapement is held normally in the position shown by a spring F.

For the purpose of operating the escapements of the magazine which is for the time being in operative position I employ a series of vertically guided reeds, G, (the guides being shown at g, g) mounted in the main frame, one of these reeds for each escapement in the magazine. They will be connected individually with finger keys representing the various characters in the matrices. These connections form no part of my invention, and are known in various forms. V

The upper end of each reed stands nor mally outside of the magazine and directly below'the lower end of an escapement. The end of the magazine stands in an inclined position, and the relation of the reed to the escapement is such that although the escapement is, or may be, contained wholly within the magazine, it will be engaged and-operated by the reed as the latter rises, as shown in dotted lines. Each time a reed rises an escapement is actuated and a matrix, discharged. l/Vhen a reed is released and descends to its normal position it is out of engagement with the escapement and with the end of the magazine, so that the magazines maybe raised or lowered without disturbing the reeds.

The lower part of the reeds may be made of any suitable form, or offset them in the manner shown in the drawing, in: order that the lower portions may be extended downward to the keymechanism without conflicting with the other ordinary parts of the machine.

The essence of the invention lies in reeds having their path of movement in angular relation to "the path of the magaziness0 is II 10V8d eI1ClW1SE it will that when a reed but I prefer'to bend be projected into the' magazine or into engagemcnt with an escapement carried by the magazine.

Having described my invention, what I 5 claim is:

1. Ina machine of the class described, a series of magazines movable upward and downward, and each provided with escapements, in combination with reeds engaging directly ,with the escapements and guided in a path angular to the patli'in which the magazines are moved, whereby they are caused to recede from the escapements and the magazines, leaving the latter normally free for adjustment.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination of assembling devices, 'a series of magazines movable in an inclined path to bring a selected one into operative relation to the assembling devices, each of the magazines being provided with escapements, and a series of vertically guided reeds to engage directly with and actuate said escapements.

3. In a machine of the class described, the I combination of the stationary throat B, the

magazines provided with escapements, and

movable upward and downward in an inclined path, and reeds G guided in the main escapements, and to retreat from the escapements and from the magazines.

4. In combination with the main frame, the throat B thereon, the magazines provided with escapements, and movable upward and downward in an inclined path, and the escapement-actuating reeds G, vertically guided, to engage the escapements, having their lower portions bent or-deflected rearward to avoid the main frame, as shown.

5. In a machine of the class described, a series .of escapements, and a corresponding series of actuating reeds engaging directly therewith, the said reeds being vertically guided in the main frame, and their upper ends being deflected or bent forward and then upward, whereby their lower portions are adapted to avoid the main frame and their upper ends adapted to engage the escapements directly.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day of January, 1912, in thepresence of two attesting witnesses.

PHILIP T. DODGE.

Witnesses E. J. LAMB, WALTER MOBLARD.

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